Old Toronto Star Building

Toronto Star Building

Toronto Star building in 1961
General information
Type Office
(Newspaper publishing)
Location 80 King West
Toronto, Ontario
Completed 1929
Demolished 1972
Height
Roof 88 metres (289 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 22
Design and construction
Owner Toronto Star
Architect Chapman and Oxley

The Old Toronto Star Building at 80 King Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was built in 1929 by Chapman & Oxley and abandoned in 1970 when the Toronto Star newspaper moved to One Yonge Street. The Art Deco building was torn down in 1972 to make way for the First Canadian Place. It stood at 22 storeys or 88 metres tall.

The main tenant of the building was the Toronto Star. On the ground floor facing King Street housed a few retail stores and at the east end the Stoodleigh's Restaurant.

Some stonework from the demolition of the building can be found on the grounds of the Guild Inn, along with other portions of facades of lost buildings of Toronto.[1]

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